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security software scanning / sweep times... RJK 09-26-2006
Posted by RJK on September 27, 2006, 5:14 pm
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Thanks Kerry

I can see that I eventually am going to have to spend time experimenting
with BartPE boot cd, but, this will have to be on a spare PC. The last
time, (about 6 months ago), I made a BartPE cd-r and booted from it, and had
a rummage around - and tried to run multi-av I remember, on my main PC I
managed to destroy my mbr. Luckily I'd Ghosted my main boot drive onto my
2nd hd just hours before it happened !

regards, Richard


> RJK wrote:
>> Thanks, ...perhaps I should rephrase (...because multi-av is going
>> at full speed as a console application in Windows Normal Mode).
>>
>> Sweeps with various security software apps. are much faster when run
>> in Windows Normal Mode because my "SIS 5513 IDE UDMA Controller"
>> driver is in use. That driver is not loaded up when booting to Safe
>> Mode. A common requirement of security / a/v scanning software, for
>> various reasons and particularly for infected systems, seems to be,
>> "run it in Safe Mode."
>> Is is possible to get the best of both worlds ? :-)
>> i.e. Safe Mode but, with UDMA driver loaded up ?
>> ...where is it that I can prod [Y] and [N] to all that's normally
>> loaded at boot-up ...or was that Windows 95 ? :-)
>>
>
> You could create a WinPE or BartPE boot disk with the appropriate drivers.
> Google for BartPE.
>
> --
> Kerry
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> http://www.vistahelp.ca
>
>


Posted by Dustin Cook on January 26, 2007, 12:55 am
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> Thanks Kerry
>
> I can see that I eventually am going to have to spend time
> experimenting with BartPE boot cd, but, this will have to be on a
> spare PC. The last time, (about 6 months ago), I made a BartPE cd-r
> and booted from it, and had a rummage around - and tried to run
> multi-av I remember, on my main PC I managed to destroy my mbr.
> Luckily I'd Ghosted my main boot drive onto my 2nd hd just hours
> before it happened !
>
> regards, Richard


A BartPE disc is your friend. We use a very modified one for work purposes
which is familiar with most known ide/sata chipset controllers. :) Sadly, I
can't give you our version.... I can help to answer questions and sort of
lead you in the right direction if you get stuck...

--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - V2.1
web: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
Last updated: January 25th, 2007

Posted by =?Utf-8?B?dXNhc21h?= on January 26, 2007, 9:17 am
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Just to commiserate - I used BartPE to work on my laptop not long ago. I not
only hosed the entire partition - but also hosed the drive image on the
attached USB drive! Luckily the recovery disk was disk image based, so it
didn't take forever to recover it!

Good Luck!

- John

"Dustin Cook" wrote:

>
> > Thanks Kerry
> >
> > I can see that I eventually am going to have to spend time
> > experimenting with BartPE boot cd, but, this will have to be on a
> > spare PC. The last time, (about 6 months ago), I made a BartPE cd-r
> > and booted from it, and had a rummage around - and tried to run
> > multi-av I remember, on my main PC I managed to destroy my mbr.
> > Luckily I'd Ghosted my main boot drive onto my 2nd hd just hours
> > before it happened !
> >
> > regards, Richard
>
>
> A BartPE disc is your friend. We use a very modified one for work purposes
> which is familiar with most known ide/sata chipset controllers. :) Sadly, I
> can't give you our version.... I can help to answer questions and sort of
> lead you in the right direction if you get stuck...
>
> --
> Dustin Cook
> Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - V2.1
> web: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
> email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
> Last updated: January 25th, 2007
>

Posted by Dustin Cook on January 26, 2007, 10:42 pm
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> Just to commiserate - I used BartPE to work on my laptop not long ago.
> I not only hosed the entire partition - but also hosed the drive
> image on the attached USB drive! Luckily the recovery disk was disk
> image based, so it didn't take forever to recover it!

What did you do to cause so much harm?
--
Dustin Cook
Author of BugHunter - MalWare Removal Tool - V2.1
web: http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
email: bughunter.dustin@gmail.com.removethis
Last updated: January 25th, 2007

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